The CV sent to Stokes' head hunters

INTRODUCTION

Stephen Mayne is a journalist, shareholder activist, professional candidate and professional speaker. The following CV is broken down into those four categories.

THE BASICS

Date of Birth: 23/07/1969
Birthplace: Brisbane
Married to Paula with three children
Attended Templestowe Primary and Ivanhoe Grammar (Year 12 Prefect)
Melbourne University: BCom (plus half finished Arts degree with politics major)

STEPHEN MAYNE JOURNALISM CV

1989 –1990: finance cadet, The Sun News Pictorial

1990-1991 finance cadet, Herald Sun

1992: banking reporter, The Age

1992-1994: press secretary, Kennett media unit with responsibility for four Ministers: Treasurer Alan Stockdale, Finance Minister Ian Smith, Energy Minister Jim Plowman and WorkCover Minister Roger Hallam.

1994-1997: business editor, Herald Sun

1997-1998: business editor, The Daily Telegraph

Dec 1998-April 1999: chief of staff, The Daily Telegraph

July-Sept 1999: Rear Window columnist, The Australian Financial Review

Sept-Dec 1999: publisher anti-Kennett and shareholder activism website www.jeffed.com, which contributed to Kennett's electoral defeat.

Late 1999: Editor of Bitch gossip columnist, The Eye magazine

2000-2005: founder, editor, publisher and proprietor www.crikey.com.au which was sold for $1 million.

2000-2003: weekly commentator on RRR radio station in Melbourne

2000-2008: business commentator ABC 774 Melbourne and ABC 702 Sydney

2005: presented 20 Morning and Drive programs on 774 ABC Melbourne

2005-08: daily contributor, www.crikey.com.au

2007-08: founder and publisher corporate governance ezine, www.maynereport.com

Industry Awards

1999: Walkley Award in the category “All Media Business Reporting” for the 16-part series “AGM Season 1998” in The Daily Telegraph

2000: Highly commended in the 2000 Melbourne Press Club Quill Awards in the “Best Online Report” category for “Lion Nathan Series”

2002: Walkley Finalist in the category "Best Online Journalism" for "Democrats in Crisis".

SHAREHOLDER ACTIVISM

As Australia's leading shareholder activist, Stephen endeavours to ask probing questions at AGM and, on occasions, run for boards to place pressure on companies to improve performance. The overall mission is to create a culture of shareholder pressure in Australia.

This is the full list of shareholder meetings where Stephen has asked questions or run for the board

1998

Asked Questions at 21 AGMs: ERA, Austrim, Australian Infrastructure Fund, Centaur Mining, Foster's Brewing, Tabcorp, Commonwealth Bank, Pasminco, John Fairfax, Seven Network, Aristocrat Leisure, Mirvac, Westfield Holdings, Goodman Fielder, Infrastructure Trust of Australia, FAI Insurance, Hoyts, GIO, Amalgamated Holdings, Davids Holdings, David Jones.

1999

Asked Questions at 16 AGMs: Housewares, CSL, Coates Hire, OneTel, PBL, Commonwealth Bank, North Ltd, News Corp, Southern Cross Broadcasting, Tabcorp, Westfield Holdings, Fairfax, Centaur mining, HIH Insurance, Hudson Conway, AGL.

2000

Asked Questions at 46 AGMs: AXA, MYOB, Amcor, Pacifica, Colonial (EGM), Cable & Wireless Optus, Lend Lease (EGM), Downer Group, AGL, News Corp, Fairfax, Central Equity, Lend Lease, FXF-CPH, Skilled Engineering, Southern Cross Broadcasting, Ecorp, PBL, Spotless, Tempo Services, Boral, OneTel, Phoneware, Pineapplehead, Qantas, Seven Network, Harvey Norman, King Island Cheese, CDS Technologies, Challenger Financial Services, Solution 6, Athur Yates, Sino Securities International, Keycorp, HIH Insurance, Westpac, Lion Nathan, Orica, AMP, ASX, Commonwealth Bank, Westfield Holdings, Telstra, Woolworths, NRMA Insurance, David Jones, National Australia Bank.

Ran for 10 Boards: AMP, ASX, Commonwealth Bank, Westfield Holdings, Telstra, Woolworths, NRMA Insurance, David Jones, WA News, National Australia Bank.

2001

Asked Questions at 27 AGMs: Infosentials, Australand, Bonlac,Rio Tinto, BATA, Hutchison Telecommunications, STW Holdings, Cumnock Coal, AMP, BHP (EGM), Austar, Macquarie Bank, Brambles, Save Albert Park, Sofcom (EGM), News Corp, BHP Billiton, Seven Network, Southern Cross Broadcasting, Austereo, Computershare, Smorgon Steel, PMP, ANZ, Orica, Essendon Football Club

Ran for 7 Boards: AXA, ASX, Fairfax, PMP, Southern Cross Broadcasting, Telstra and Spotless

2002

Asked Questions at 19 AGMs: Richmond Football Club, First Ansett Creditors Meeting, Multiemedia(EGM), Second Ansett Creditors Meeting, Australian Shareholders' Association, Woodside Petroleum, Toll Holdings, SMS Technology, Austrim Nylex, Skilled Engineering, BHP-Billiton, News Corp, ASX, Southern Cross Broadcasting, John Fairfax, Computershare, Mayne Group, Coles Myer, Data & Commerce Ltd, National Australia Bank.

Ran for 2 Boards: ASX and News Corp.

2003

Asked Questions at 15 AGMs: AMP, WMC Resources, Alumina, Macquarie Bank, Gunns, News Corporation, Adelaide Bank, Foster's, Globe International, Premier Investments, Computershare, Bluescope Steel, Spotless, BHP-Billiton, OneSteel and IOOF.

Ran for one Board: AMP

2004

Asked Questions at 1 AGM: News Corp

2005

Asked Questions at 13 AGMs: National Australia Bank, Alumina, Babcock & Brown, Macquarie Bank, News Corp, Seek.com, Gunns, Southern Cross Broadcasting, IOOF, RACV, John Fairfax, Macquarie Leisure and Primelife.

Ran for two Boards: Gunns and Fairfax

2006

Asked Questions at 22 AGMs: Australian Energy, AXA, GPT, Oxiana, Alumina, Macquarie Bank, SFE Corp, Aristocrat Leisure, Rio Tinto, Central Equity, AMP, Nexus Energy, Melbourne IT, STW Holdings, Babcock & Brown, ABC Learning, PBL, Transurban, RACV, Tabcorp, Tattersall's, Funtastic

Ran for three Boards: Macquarie Bank, Telstra and Woolworths

2007

Asked Questions at 52 AGMs: NAB, James Hardie, AWB, Promina, Magellan Financial Group, Everest Babcock & Brown, Mitchell Communications, Repco, AXA, Alumina, Indophil Resources, Oxiana, Hutchison, Melbourne IT, APN News & Media, Babcock & Brown, Austar, Sunraysia Television, Oceana Gold, Macquarie Bank, SP Ausnet, Zinifex, Smorgon Steel, Nexus Energy, Symbion Health EGM, AV Jennings, Mirrabooka, Rio Tinto, Djerriwarrh, AFIC, The Reject Shop, Australia United Investment, News Corporation, Allco Finance Group, Becton, Macquarie Bank (EGM), Perpetual, Coles, MFS, Fortescue Metals, Qantas, Woolworths, Macquarie Radio, Gunns, PBL, Symbion Health, Nufarm, Allco Finance Group EGM, HFA Holdings, Incitec Pivot and Orica, WA News.

Ran for one Board: West Australian Newspapers

2008

Asked questions at 2 AGMs: Timbercorp, MFS EGM

Running for two boards: Alumina and WA News

PROFESSIONAL CANDIDATE

As a shareholder activist and professional candidate, Stephen runs for boards to try and pressure companies to change their practices. Here are the results from 27 tilts at ASX-listed public companies. Most figures are based on the proxies.

Woolworths, 2000: 54.74%
NRMA, 2000: 45.59%
CommBank, 2000: 39.71%
AMP, 2000: 33.89%
WA News, 2000: 28.41%
John Fairfax, 2001: 20.58%
ASX, 2002: 18.70%
MacBank, 2006: 15.49%
WA News, 2007: 15.44%
Gunns, 2005: 14.70%
Telstra, 2000: 14.65%
ASX, 2000: 13.52%
News Corp, 2002: 12.89%
David Jones,2000: 11.46%
AMP, 2003: 11.41%
PMP, 2001: 11.24%
ASX, 2001: 10.69%
NRMA, 2001: 10.61%
Telstra, 2006: 9.53%
NAB, 2000: 9.14%
Fairfax, 2005: 7.85%
Spotless, 2001: 7.69%
Telstra, 2001: 4.7%
South'n Cross,2001: 3.85%
Woolworths, 2006: 3.00%
Axa, 2001: 1.1%
Westfield, 2000: 0.37%

Average: 15.5%

NON PUBLIC COMPANY ELECTIONS

Stephen has also run for various other bodies to campaign for better governance and experience different types of elections. The full roll call is as follows:

President Doncaster Chess Club, 1988 (unopposed)
Jeff Kennett's seat of Burwood, 1999 (6.7%, 3^rd of 5)
Melbourne Lord Mayor, 2001 (2.5%, 13^th of 19)
RACV, 2002 (7.54%, 4^th of 6)
Melbourne Press Club committee, 2002 (17^th and last)
Copyright Agency Ltd, 2002 (19.5%, 3^rd of 4)
RACV, 2005 (4^th of 4, 14.5%)
President local kinder, 2005 (unopposed)
Victorian election, Southern Metropolitan district, 2006 (1.33%, only beat DLP)
Peter Costello's seat of Higgins, 2007 (2.98%, 4^th of 8)

PROFESSIONAL SPEAKER

As a professional speaker, Stephen has been hired by the following groups over the years to speak at their events:

Australian Business Council for Sustainable Energy
Australian Compliance Professional Association
Australian Davos Connection
Australian Institute of Company Directors
Australian Institute of Internal Auditors
Australian Investors Association
Australian Local Government Association
Australian Marketing Institute
Australian Shareholders Association
Australian Superannuation Funds Association
Brisbane Advertising Association
Chartered Secretaries Australia
Centre for Corporate Public Affairs
Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation
Churchill Club
Conference of Major Super Funds
Conference Board
Department of the Senate
Finance & Treasurers Association
Freehills
Information Systems Audit and Control Association
International CFO Forum
Investment and Financial Services Association
Law Institute of Victoria
Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance
Melbourne Press Club
Minter Ellison
Municipal Association of Victoria
National Library of Australia
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Property Council of Australia
Screen Producers Association of Australia
Society of Consumer Affairs Professional
United Nations Association of Australia

Annual breakdown of speeches given over past decade

1999: 3
2000: 3
2001: 29
2002: 23
2003: 15
2004: 18
2005: 27
2006: 35
2007: 20
2008: 5

Total: 178

Feedback to some of these speeches can be viewed here.

ENTRY IN WHO'S WHO

Mayne Stephen; BCom (Melb.); Shareholder Activist; s.of: David Philip and Diana Margaret Mayne; b: July 23, 1969, Brisb.; ed: Ivanhoe Gram. Sch., Univ. Melb.; career: Founder Mayne Report since 2007, Columnist www.crikey.com.au since 2005, Founder and Ed. 2000 – 2005, Guest Host Morning Program 774 ABC Melb. 2005, Publisher www.jeffed.com 1999, Jrnlst. Aust. Fin. Review 1999, Bus. Ed and COS The Daily Telegraph 1997-99, Bus. Ed. Herald Sun 1994-97, Press Sec. to Alan Stockdale (Vic. Treas. 1992-99) 1992-94, Banking Writer The Age 1992, Fin. Reporter Herald Sun 1989-91; recipient Walkley Award 1999; m: Paula Piccinini, d. of: Teodoro and Agnes Piccinini; c: 2 d 1 s; rec.: tennis, golf, gardening, shareholder activism; clubs: Templestowe Park Tennis; address: PO Box 925, Templestowe Vic 3106.